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Multilateral Relations

The Sovereign Order of Malta has relations at Ambassador level:

European Union

The Order of Malta has permanent observer missions to the United Nations and its specialised agencies:

United Nations – New York
United Nations – Geneva
United Nations – Vienna

ESCAP – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific – (Bangkok)
FAO – Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations – (Rome)
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency – (Vienna)
IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development – (Rome)
UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme – (Nairobi)
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – (Paris)
UNHCHR – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – (Geneva)
UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – (Geneva)
UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization – (Vienna)
WFP – World Food Programme of the United Nations – (Rome)
WHO – World Health Organization – (Geneva)

The Order of Malta has delegations or representations to international organizations:

AU – African Union – (Addis Ababa)
CPLP – Community of Portuguese Language Countries – Lisbon
CTBTO- Preparatory Commission for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban Treaty Organization – (Vienna)
ICCROM – International Centre for the study of the preservation and restoration of cultural property – (Rome)
ICMM – International Committee of Military Medicine – (Brussels)
ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross – (Geneva)
IDB – Inter-American Development Bank – (Washington D.C.)
IIHL – International Institute of Humanitarian Law – (Sanremo, Geneva)
IFRC –International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – (Geneva)
IOC – Indian Ocean Commission – (Ebène, Mauritius)
IOF – International Organization of La Francophonie – (Paris)
IOM – International Organization for Migration – (Geneva)
PAM – Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean – (Malta)
SICA – Central American Integration System – (San Salvador)
UNIDROIT – International Institute for the Unification of Private Law – (Rome)
UNILAT- Latin Union – (Santo Domingo, Paris)
Council of Europe – (Strasbourg)

About

Mission

The mission of the Order of Malta is inspired by its tradition of ‘Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum', to assist the poor and the sick, and bear witness to the Christian faith.

Government

The Sovereign Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of international law. The Order - which is based in Rome, in via Condotti - has its own Government, an independent magistracy, and bilateral diplomatic relations with 110 countries.

FAQ

The Order of St John of Jerusalem is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation. Present in Palestine in around 1048, it is a lay religious Order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature.